Tough one, I'd say Aldeweireld has proven himself to be the best in the Prem and probably one of the best in the world. However Van Dijk has another two years on him. I'd probably stick.
Playing devils advocate, in the last two games Austin has had Shane Long in a fantastic position but has shot from a stupid angle with a player in the way - not a fan of that. Possible reason he's being left on the bench for now?
The disallowed goal today reminds me of when we played Reading away. We had a corner and as the ball came in their keeper came flying towards a crowd of people and the ref put his whistle to his lips pre-emptively, blowing up as soon as the keeper went down - after colliding with ANOTHER READING PLAYER. I'll never get over that.
He has looked so much better the last month or two, a much more influential and accomplished player. This is the level of contribution we anticipated he would reach when he first broke onto the scene. Long may it continue.
My only problem with Koeman really is that he seems to enjoy changing things a bit too much. On a good run with a team full of confidence, keep them together...
Talking about Saints on Soccer Saturday, one of them says he gets frustrated by us because he thinks we could "push for...maybe not top 6 but better than they have been".
We finished 7th last season, if we can't make top 6 how can we do any better?